Repudiating the foundation document of American medical education as racist and sexist
1910 was a landmark year in American medicine. The publication of the Flexner Report on medical education led to a rapid transformation of the medical...
Euthanasia has had negative effect on palliative care in Canada: report
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) act began to operate in 2016. It is a laboratory for how legalised euthanasia will operate in a largely...
Anscombe Bioethics Centre releases position papers on euthanasia
The Anscombe Bioethics Centre in the UK has commissioned several briefing papers on to clarify the issues at stake in debates around the world...
Top American hospitals are integrating flaky treatments into their patient services
“Wellness” is not just a buzz word; it is a gigantic global industry worth US$4.5 trillion (not billion, trillion). Despite the reputation of some segments...
What is the future of surrogacy in a post-Covid world?
Anyone following the debate over the legal status of surrogacy should read Sociological Debates on Gestational Surrogacy: Between Legitimation and International Abolition, an open source...
Defenders of male circumcision have double standards, says bioethicist
Attacking male circumcision is an incendiary issue, largely because Jewish and Muslim communities have practiced it for millennia.
Wokespeak: even heavier medical journals are in the mail
The American Medical Association has just released "Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts". This 54-page document calls upon doctors to supplement...